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arrive 3rd week of april what would you recommend as top sites and shopping?

I'd like to know too. We'll be there a week or two later. <BR> <BR>Cheers, the turnip

Adin, an antique jewelry store. <BR> <BR>Vestingstraat 16, Antwerp (tel. (03) 213-65-00)

Rubens' house and garden, The cathedral, stroll in the old town.

The Museum of Fine Arts is among the best anywhere--be sure to take the recorded tour with the tape machine around your neck. Go to the chamber of commerce on the main square in front of the city hall and go on their walking tour of the old quarters. A former diamond merchant took us around and showed us all kinds of hidden places. We thought the cruise around the inner harbor was less than we had hoped. We found Antwerp's people extremely helpful everywhere. We voted Antwerp to be the best surprise of our trip through Belgium. It's a much more interesting place than Brussels, IMHO.